From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:46:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:46:08 -0500 Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.92]:50181 "EHLO anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:46:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:46:05 +0000 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.1-pre8 losing pages Message-ID: <20010126194605.A923@colonel-panic.com> Mail-Followup-To: pdh, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010125231659.A2128@colonel-panic.com> <3A70DEF1.80ECEF80@baldauf.org> <20010126092412.A508@colonel-panic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010126092412.A508@colonel-panic.com>; from pdh@colonel-panic.com on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:24:12AM +0000 From: Peter Horton Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:24:12AM +0000, Peter Horton wrote: > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 03:20:33AM +0100, Xuan Baldauf wrote: > > > > Peter Horton wrote: > > > > > I'm experiencing repeatable corruption whilst writing large volumes of > > > data to disk. Kernel version is 2.4.1-pre8, on an 850MHz AMD Athlon on an > > > ASUS A7V (VIA KT133 chipset) motherboard 128M RAM (tested with 'memtest86' > > > for 10 hours). > > > > > > > ... this is the kinda output I get on most runs :- > > Linux mole-rat 2.4.1-pre10 #1 Fri Jan 26 08:48:55 GMT 2001 i686 unknown > ... > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testt > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testu > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testv > 9dde1bed276e32a1f9af98c87ab05978 testw > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testx > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testy > aa6a64589748321899bab2b66f71427f testz > mole-rat:~# cmp testw testx > testw testx differ: char 110862337, line 433772 > mole-rat:~# cmp -i $(( 110862336 + 4096 )) testw testx > mole-rat:~# echo $(( 110862336 % 4096 )) > 0 > > > > > I cannot reproduce your behaviour in 2.4.1-pre9. > > > The corruption is dependent on having a swapped on swap partition. If I "swapoff" the corruption goes away, but it comes back when I "swapon" again. I feel this a kernel bug, but as I'm the only person out here who's seeing it I'm at a loss ... P. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/